definition of
stoppage

[1] #1 stoppage n. [arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop] the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat". wn

[2] #2 stoppage n. [blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop] an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe". wn

[3] #3 stoppage n. [stop] the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood". wn